- Shutdown deadline looms as Trump, Democrats fight over wall money (Agence France-Presse)
- House approves spending bill with $5.7 billion for border wall (Fox News)
- James Mattis quitting as defense secretary, citing disagreements with Trump (National Review)
- Up to half of American troops to be pulled from Afghanistan (Associated Press)
- U.S. says asylum-seeking migrants to wait in Mexico (Associated Press)
- Dow drops 470 points to 14-month low in second day of big losses following Fed rate hike (CNBC)
- Trump signs and celebrates the farm bill (ABC News)
- Criminal justice bill passes House, heads to President Trump for his signature (USA Today)
- Whitaker cleared to oversee Mueller probe after ethics investigation (Townhall)
- Eighteen most mortifying media moments of 2018 (Grabien News)
- DC-area federal government workforce continues to shrink (WTOP)
- Jack Phillips is now in court for not baking a “gender transition” cake (The Daily Wire)
- Planned Parenthood accused of mistreating pregnant employees (The Washington Free Beacon)
- Humor: Disappointed soldier was looking forward to hanging out in Syria for another 20, 30 years (The Babylon Bee)
- Policy: The preexisting-condition trap (National Review)
- Policy: DeVos rule on sexual harassment restores primacy of law (RealClearPolitics)
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